Still, by the end of the rhetorical marathon Rand understandably
had some urgent business to attend to.

"I would go for another 12 hours to try to break Strom Thurmond's
record but I've discovered that there are some limits to
filibustering and I'm going to have to take care of one of those
in a few minutes here," he joked.

It was a grand finale for an impressive speech that has been well
received on both sides of the aisle.